6 July 2022 – EMBO announces that 67 researchers have been elected to its membership. Through this lifelong honour, new EMBO Members and Associate Members are recognized for their outstanding achievements in the life sciences.

The newly elected members reside in 22 countries. The 58 new EMBO Members are based in 15 member states of the EMBC, the intergovernmental organization that funds the major EMBO Programmes and activities. The nine new EMBO Associate Members reside in seven countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, India, Singapore, and the US.

“The new EMBO Members and Associate Members are exceptional scientists, who carry out leading research across a variety of fields, ranging from cell biology and cancer to vaccine development and machine learning,” says EMBO Director Fiona Watt. “I am delighted to welcome them to EMBO, and I know that they will enrich the life of the organization immensely.”

Members provide guidance and support for EMBO activities, for example by evaluating funding applications, serving on EMBO Council and committees, or joining the editorial boards of EMBO Press journals. Through their involvement, members help to shape the direction of life sciences, foster the careers of young researchers, and strengthen the research communities in Europe and beyond.

New members are nominated and elected by the existing EMBO Membership. The annual process ensures a broad scope with the flexibility to expand into newly emerging fields in the life sciences.

EMBO will formally welcome the new members at the annual Members’ Meeting in Heidelberg between 26 and 28 October 2022.

An online directory listing all members, their affiliations, and subject areas is available here.

Selected statistics

• 67 life scientists have been elected to the EMBO Membership, 58 EMBO Members and nine Associate Members.
• The newly elected members reside in 22 countries.
• 24 of the new members (36%) are women.

New EMBO Members 2022

	Stein Aerts	Leuven, BE
	Ivan Ahel	Oxford, UK
	Sigal Ben-Yehuda	Jerusalem, IL
	Guillaume Charras	London, UK
	Menna R. Clatworthy	Cambridge, UK
	Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo	Paris, FR
	David Drew	Stockholm, SE
	Miki Ebisuya	Barcelona, ES
	Johan Elf	Uppsala, SE
	Ralf Erdmann	Bochum, DE
	Sarah-Maria Fendt	Leuven, BE
	Friedrich Frischknecht	Heidelberg, DE
	Richard J. Gilbertson	Cambridge, UK
	Florent Ginhoux	Villejuif, FR
	Cornelius T. Gross	Monterotondo, IT
	Claes M. Gustafsson	Gothenburg, SE
	Ian R. Henderson	Cambridge, UK
	Andrés Hidalgo	Madrid, ES
	Adrian V.S. Hill	Oxford, UK
	Gwyneth Ingram	Lyon, FR
	Bożena Kamińska-Kaczmarek	Warsaw, PL
	Beat Keller	Zurich, CH
	Romain Koszul	Paris, FR
	Benoit Ladoux	Paris, FR
	Madeline A. Lancaster	Cambridge, UK
	Edward A. Lemke	Mainz, DE
	Prisca Liberali	Basel, CH
	Marina Mapelli	Milan, IT
	Francisco J.M. Mojica	Alicante, ES
	Jens Nielsen	Copenhagen, DK
	Raquel A. Oliveira	Oeiras, PT
	Anne Osbourn	Norwich, UK
	Francesco Pennacchio	Portici, IT
	Stefan M. Pfister	Heidelberg, DE
	Paola Picotti	Zurich, CH
	Gaia Pigino	Milan, IT
	Šárka Pospíšilová	Brno, CZ
	Simona Radutoiu	Aarhus, DK
	Julian C. Rayner	Cambridge, UK
	Peter Rehling	Göttingen, DE
	Carlos Ribeiro	Lisbon, PT
	Frank Schnorrer	Marseille, FR
	Yang Shi	Oxford, UK
	Sara Sigismund	Milan, IT
	María S. Soengas	Madrid, ES
	Evi Soutoglou	Brighton, UK
	Molly M. Stevens	London, UK
	Magali Suzanne	Toulouse, FR
	Marvin E. Tanenbaum	Utrecht, NL
	Giuseppe Testa	Milan, IT
	Fabian J. Theis	Neuherberg, DE
	Barbara Treutlein	Basel, CH
	Athanasios Typas	Heidelberg, DE
	Michiel Vermeulen	Nijmegen, NL
	Helen Walden	Glasgow, UK
	Cisca Wijmenga	Groningen, NL
	Ofer Yizhar	Rehovot, IL
	Johannes Zuber	Vienna, AT

New EMBO Associate Members 2022

	Nick Barker	Singapore, SG
	J. Wade Harper	Boston, US
	Le Kang	Beijing, CN
	Nevan J. Krogan	San Francisco, US
	Gabriel A. Rabinovich	Buenos Aires, AR
	Jamie Rossjohn	Melbourne, AU
	Rajan Sankaranarayanan	Hyderabad, IN
	Igor Stagljar	Toronto, CA
	Kenneth S. Zaret	Philadelphia, US

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